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Jarrad Branthwaite and Anthony Gordon have been called up to Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the first time.
Everton defender Branthwaite, 21, is expected to get a chance to impress in this month’s friendlies against Brazil and Belgium ahead of Euro 2024 this summer.
Southgate said: “He’s played consistently well. We watched him as a centre-half in the [European] Under-21 Championship last year.
“And if you’d said to me he would play as consistently at Premier League level like he has done, I’d have questioned that last summer, so credit to him.
“He’s good with the ball, shows good composure and [has] good mentality.
“He’s a left-footer, which we don’t have many of, so he’s in on merit and we’re really keen to work with him and find out a bit more about him.”